Elmer Peterson (November 30, 1891 – June 17, 1978) was an American farmer and politician.

Early years

Born in

Martin County, Minnesota Martin County is a List of counties in Minnesota, county in Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 20,025. Its county seat is Fairmont, Minnesota, Fairmont. History The county was created ...

, Peterson was raised in

Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, Winnebago and Ogle County, Illinois, Ogle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in far northern Illinois on the banks of the Rock River (Mississippi River tributary), Rock River, Rockfor ...

and attended Brown's Business College in Rockford. He served in the

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during

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. He lived in

Superior, Wisconsin Superior (; ) is a city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 26,751 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin, the city l ...

and was a farmer.

Career

He served as the town clerk, on the school board, and on the

Douglas County, Wisconsin Douglas County is a county in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,295 Its county seat is Superior. Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

Board of Supervisors. Peterson served in the

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from 1933 to 1941. He then served in the

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, representing the 11th District from 1943 to 1947. He was a member of the

Wisconsin Progressive Party The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political third party that briefly held a major role in Wisconsin politics under the two sons of the late Robert M. La Follette. It was on the political left wing, and it sometimes cooperated wit ...

.Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.)
State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book
'. Madison: Department of Administration, 1991, p. 663.

References

1891 births 1978 deaths People from Rockford, Illinois People from Martin County, Minnesota Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin School board members in Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Progressive Party (1924) Wisconsin state senators 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub